AABANY's Annual Meeting takes place on Tuesday, January 28. See item below for details.

For us to attain quorum so that we can conduct our election and other business at the meeting, your attendance or your proxies are needed. Even if you plan to attend in person, please complete and submit your proxies to help us reach quorum. You can download the proxy form at bit.ly/2014ntcproxy. You can return by email, PDF or postal mail. However, we need to receive your proxy by January 24. Please complete and return your proxy TODAY. Thank you.

The AABANY Annual Meeting will be held on the 28th day of January, 2014 at 7 p.m. at Dechert LLP, 1095 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10036.

At this meeting, a vote will be taken to elect officers and directors for the upcoming year and to amend the by-laws. The Annual Meeting is open to members in good standing. Please register at bit.ly/annualmtg2014 if you plan to attend in person.

The deadline to submit proxies is January 24. The deadline to register for the Annual Meeting is January 27.

AABANY is nearing 1,000 paid members. Current Count is 848. At the AABANY Holiday Party on December 6 we kicked off our drive to 1,000 campaign and handed out postcards to make it easier for new or renewing members to let us know that they wish to join or renew. Look for these bright red postcards at upcoming AABANY events between now and the end of February. Our goal is to surpass 1,000 paid members by the time of our 25th Anniversary Annual Dinner on February 26, 2014.

If you belong to an AABANY Committee, be sure to let us know that your Committee referred you, because that Committee can get additional funds in their budget for each member they sign up.

In addition, all memberships received between now and February 25 will be included in a raffle for some great prizes. Check our website for details and updates.

AABANY has a new committee: the Labor & Employment Committee. If you are practicing in this area of law or wish to learn more about it, this committee is for you. Their kick-off event will be on January 22 at Seyfarth Shaw and it will feature a panel discussion on hot topics in labor and employment law. For more details, see the listing below under Upcoming Events. To learn more about the committee, contact co-chairs Will Ng at william.ng@aabany.org or Chris Kwok at chris.kwok@aabany.org.

AABANY presents,"Cross Cultural Lawyering: How to Effectively Represent the Immigrant Population" a CLE panel event co-sponsored by AABANY's Government Service & Public Interest Committee, Immigration & Nationality Law Committee, and Pro Bono & Community Service Committee, and Brooklyn Law School's APALSA. This special event will take place on January 30, 2014 from 6:30 - 9:00 p.m., at Brooklyn Law School, 250 Joralemon Street in Brooklyn. Moderated by Karen Kithan Yau, co-Chair of AABANY's Government Service & Public Interest Committee. Expert panel includes: Dan Smulian, Associate Professor of Clinical Law at Brooklyn Law School; Patricia Kakalec, Special Counsel at the Labor Bureau in the New York State Attorney General's Office; and Tsui Yee, Partner at Guerrero Yee, LLP. Program is worth 1.5 CLE credits. Refreshments from 8:00 - 9:00 p.m.

AABANY's Trial Re-enactment Team, led by Judge Denny Chin and Kathy Hirata Chin, will be performing "22 Lewd Chinese Women: Chy Lung v Freeman" at Cadwalader on January 30. This re-enactment was first performed this past November at the 2013 NAPABA National Convention in Kansas City, and if you have not seen it, we urge you to come see it at Cadwalader, and if you have already seen it, we invite you to come see it again. This production was covered by NPR (see bit.ly/22onnpr) back in November and raises many issues of relevance today, including immigration and human trafficking. The program is free to attend but RSVP is required. For more details see the listing under Upcoming Events.

The Second Circuit Judicial Council has announced vacancies for two (2) full-time U.S. Bankruptcy Judge positions in Manhattan. The court's public notice, which contains additional information about the position and the application, is available on the court's website at http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/. AABANY encourages all qualified attorneys with an interest in serving in the federal judiciary to submit an application, which is due no later than February 14, 2014.

Founded in 1974, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) is a national organization that protects and promotes the civil rights of Asian Americans. By combining litigation, advocacy, education, and organizing, AALDEF works with Asian American communities across the country to secure human rights for all.

Internships for the summer of 2014 are available in the following program areas:

Anti-Trafficking Initiative

Community Health Care Initiative

Economic Justice for Workers

Educational Equity

Housing Justice Project

Immigrant Access to Justice

Voting Rights

Interested applicants should send a cover letter, resume, and writing sample to be received by AALDEF on or before Friday, January 31, 2014. For more information go to bit.ly/aaldefsmr2014.

The National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) is pleased to announce a partnership with Prudential Financial, Inc. (Prudential) and Gibbons, P.C. (Gibbons) to provide a fellowship opportunity to a highly-motivated, third-year law school student. Through this partnership, NAPABA will select a third-year law school student to be the 2014 NAPABA-Prudential Law Fellow. The the deadline to apply for this fellowship is January 31, 2014.

To read more go to Napabapruflwshp. Learn about other Fellowship opportunities also listed on that page.

Applications are now being accepted for AABANY’s 2014 Legal Internship Program. Open to college students, law students and law grads, AABANY is looking for a few talented, energetic and motivated interns to help plan and organize AABANY programs and events, provide research and administrative assistance and perform other tasks and assignments to advance and promote AABANY’s mission. Applications are being accepted on a rolling basis. For full details and information on how to apply go to bit.ly/Lgl_Intrn_Details.

AABANY Law Review Special Edition: Own Your Copy Now

The AABANY Law Review’s Special Edition issue, released at the AABANY Fall Conference, is available for purchase ($20) on the AABANY website at http://bit.ly/aabanylr_curr. The issue features annotated reenactment scripts of five historic Asian American trials written by Honorable Denny Chin, Chancellor and Dean Frank H. Wu, Kathy Hirata Chin, and Vincent T. Chang. These plays have been presented by Asian American bar associations and law schools all over the nation. The issue includes an introduction and foreword from the authors. Go online and buy your own copy today, or get it as a gift for anyone interested in learning more about Asian American legal history and social justice issues.

Read the Current Issue of The AABANY Advocate

In this Issue:

NAPABA Northeast Regional/AABANY 4th Annual Fall Conference

Special Feature: AABANY in NY Law Journal

President's Letter from Mike Huang

AABANY Profile: Peter Kim

Committee Profile: Real Estate Committee

AABANY Feature: 2Q 2013 Review

AABANY Feature: APA History Month

On WE Blog @ AABANY: Prof. Kang Lecture at NYU, KALCA Summer Internship, The Wong Kids, Statement of Relatedness Form

Applications for the 2014 Michael Maggio Immigrants' Rights Summer Fellowship Program are due on February 17, 2014. All Fellowship announcements can now be found on AABANY's website under Resources, in the sub-menu item "Fellowships." To see current announcements for Fellowships go to bit.ly/aabany_fllwshps.

Court Sponsored Volunteer Attorney Program

Do you have some time to volunteer to assist self-represented litigants in New York's courts? Many opportunities exist through several Volunteer Attorney Programs to get trained to provide legal advice and assistance to pro se clients in housing, family law, consumer debt and foreclosure cases. Please visit the Court Sponsored Volunteer Attorney Program’s website to learn how you can help.

For more information on these listings and other open positions go to the AABANY Career Center. Members must be signed in to have access to the Career Center. Either search by keyword or just hit "Search" at the bottom of the form to see a complete listing of jobs.